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Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?
Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...
Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?
Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...
Making Milk Soap
I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...
Making Milk Soap
I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...
What is lye and why it's in our soaps
Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...
What is lye and why it's in our soaps
Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...
The Many Uses of Solid Dish Soap
Learn about using our solid dish soap for more than just dishes. Plus some of the issues with soap-based, homemade laundry detergent.
The Many Uses of Solid Dish Soap
Learn about using our solid dish soap for more than just dishes. Plus some of the issues with soap-based, homemade laundry detergent.
Rendering 101
All of the products that I make at Fat Chance Farm start out as raw pork lard and beef tallow from sustainably farmed animals. The fat must be rendered to...
Rendering 101
All of the products that I make at Fat Chance Farm start out as raw pork lard and beef tallow from sustainably farmed animals. The fat must be rendered to...